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Bibliographic database Airbase
AIRBASE is the Bibliographic Database of the AIVC. It contains publications and abstracts of articles related to energy efficient ventilation. Where possible, sufficient detail is supplied in the bibliographic details for users to trace and order the material via their own libraries. Topics include: ventilation strategies, design and retrofit methods, calculation techniques, standards and regulations, measurement methods, indoor air quality and energy implications etc. Entries are based on articles and reports published in journals, internal publications and research reports, produced both by university departments and by building research institutions throughout the world. AIRBASE has grown and evolved over many years (1979 to present day, over 22000 references and 16000 documents available online). For most of the references, the full document is also available online.
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The paper is concerned with the integration of building performance simulation within a collaborative/ multidisciplinary higher-education environment.
In the last years many building designers have turned their attention to natural ventilation, due to the potential benefits in terms of energy consumption related to ventilation and air-conditioning, especially in mild and moderate climates.
The aim of this paper is to present an automatic generator of zonal models that makes it possible to free the user from the choice of the specific flows models that have to be implemented in the zonal model and from the partitioning stage.
Advanced natural ventilation (ANV), often characterised by the use of dedicated ventilation stacks, shafts and other architecture features such as atria, light wells, has gained popularity for natural ventilation design in recent decades.
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) can provide detailed information of flow motion, temperature distributions and species dispersion in buildings. However, it may take hours or days, even weeks to simulate airflow in a building by using CFD on a s
In recent years, highly glazed atriums are favorable to architectural aesthetics and to taking advantage of daylighting and solar heating.
This paper reports the simulation approach and prediction of annual energy performance of PV ventilated glazing systems with daylight saving as applying to typical office environment.
This paper demonstrates the use of High Dynamic Range (HDR) fisheye images of the sky dome in lighting simulations. The objective is to improve the accuracy of simulations with site specific sky conditions.
This paper investigates the impact of well geometry and surface reflectance on vertical daylight levels in atria with square forms under a CIE standard overcast sky.
The ability to simulate the effect of trees on natural light performance in buildings is contingent upon accurate simulation of light passing through the canopy.
The study is placed within the context of local building regulations in India.
In a metropolis such as Seoul, which has a large population in a dense, built-up area, district heating/cooling systems are popular in terms of energy efficiency and carbon reduction.
The rapid growth in residential air conditioning (cooling) in many parts of the world is resulting in increased energy consumption, significantly affecting central electricity systems, and having adverse environmental consequences.
A simulation model was developed for energy consumption in Japan’s residential sector. This model classifies households into 912 categories by household type, building type, and house insulation level.
This paper discusses a procedure for the two-way run time external coupling between Building Energy Simulation (BES) and building envelope Heat, Air and Moisture (HAM) programs for enhanced whole building simulation.
The high importance of indoor environment performance aspects such as surface condensation, mold growth, thermal comfort, etc., is widely recognized.
This paper gives an onset to whole building hygrothermal modelling of the interaction between interior and exterior climates via building enclosures, which even takes into account wind-driven rain (WDR).
Numerical analysis of heat and moisture transfer in historical ceramic masonry wall | 2009 | English
Building physics processes in some parts and elements of revitalized historical buildings play an important role in their future energy efficiency and maintenance.
Subtask 1 of the IEA ECBCS Annex 41 (IEA 2007) project had the purpose to advance development in modelling of integral Heat, Air and Moisture (HAM) transfer processes that take place in “whole buildings”.